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Great Recession
August 24, 2015
Blacks hit hardest by public-sector job losses during recession, study finds
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The public sector has long served as an equalizer in American society, a place where minority workers could find stable employment that offered advancement and a reliable path to a middle-class life. But the Great Recession wiped out many of those jobs, as tax revenues declined and anti-government sentiment added to a contraction that continued…